Army Special Operations Soldiers conduct fast rope insertion training aboard a Black Hawk (UH-60) helicopter operated by pilots with the 8-229 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Expeditionary Air Combat Brigade, during Operation Viking at Joint Base Cape Cod, Mass., July 18, 2022. Operation Viking is an intense joint task force exercise designed to prepare Soldiers with realistic training simulating deployment of civil affairs units in direct support of contigency operation in Africa.

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Keywords: 2022, 352cacom, 360th, affairs, army, bde, ca, civil, joint, operation, readiness, training, viking